STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1023

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 334

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 334, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND CONTRIBUTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to set the amount of the employer contribution to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund as a fixed percentage of the health benefits plan or life insurance plan premium cost, rather than as a contribution amount negotiated through collective bargaining.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Collective Bargaining.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 334, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair